The Juliet Massacre - Pray for an Afterlife [2010]

Artist: The Juliet Massacre

Album: Pray for an Afterlife
Year: 2010
Genre: Technical Brutal Deathcore
Web: https://thejulietmassacreofficial.bandcamp.com / https://www.thejulietmassacre.it / TDC Link
Country: Italy
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Beginning of the Unholy Years

2. Pray for an Afterlife

3. Consumed by Nothingness  

4. Lifeless Face  

5. Guttural Funeral Dance  

6. Monsters on Your Skin  

7. The World of Terror  

8. The Cursed Blessing

9. Bleeding the Black Blood

10. Beneath the Wounds of a Junkie

Witness: -[*]-
I haven't listened to this album in a looong time, but the video for Lifeless Face popped up on my YouTube feed this morning, and I just wanna say thank you, Skynet. Damn, I love that track! I listened to it 3 times in a row and then went back and listened to this entire album as well. It looks like these guys have a new album coming soon.

Crawling Chaos - Wyrd [2025]

Artist: Crawling Chaos

Album: Wyrd
Year: 2025
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/WPNI-REbU3U / https://www.facebook.com/crawlingchaosit
Country: Italy
Quality: 192 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Garden of the Earthly Delights (Part I)

2. Three Times Three  

3. Nails of Fate  

4. Veiled in Secrets  

5. Torches Ablaze  

6. Necromancer  

7. Nomen Omen  

8. To the Furies  

9. Witch-Hunt  

10. The Garden of the Earthly Delights (Part II)

Witness: -[*]-
The newest release from these Italians, Crawling Chaos, who are a band that I have followed closely since 2013. I like this disc, but I would rank it at 3rd among their previous albums, which isn't a criticism it just speaks to how good the first 2 albums are. 

Carrion Vael - Cannibals Anonymous [2024]

Artist: Carrion Vael

Album: Cannibals Anonymous
Year: 2024
Genre: Technical Melodic Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Ook3fUY7kLM / https://uniqueleaderrecords.bandcamp.com/carrion vael
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. In Words of Grimm  

2. Love Zombie  

3. Discount Meats  

4. Savage Messiah  

5. Pins and Needles  

6. You Die Either Way  

7. Augusta's Dead  

8. Everything/Nothing

Witness: -[*]-
I have had this rip for a few weeks but just getting around to it now and so far I like it but but not sure about some of the spoken word-styled vocal passages. Anyway, this disc got me to go back and give their 2022 album a fair shot and I really like it. This one is probably a grower as well.

Carrion Vael - Abhorrent Obsessions [2022]

Artist: Carrion Vael

Album: Abhorrent Obsessions
Year: 2022
Genre: Technical Melodic Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://www.indiemerchstore.com/carrion-vael / https://www.facebook.com/CarrionVael
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Wings of Deliverance

2. The Devil in Me

3. King of the Rhine

4. Kentucky Fried Strangulation

5. Tithes of Forbearance

6. Disturbia

7. Malleus Malificarum

8. The Paint Shop

Witness: -[*]-
There was a time a few years ago when I was very much into Carrion Vael with their 1st 2 albums but then I kind of ignored this release when it came out and I regret that now as I have been known to do. No longer though, I have been listening to this recently and really growing to appreciate it.

Caratucay - Deranged Serenades [2018]

Artist: Caratucay

Album: Deranged Serenades
Year: 2018
Genre: Technical Progressive Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/AmnrcvCLt3U
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps
 
Tracklist:
1. Ex Speculis

2. To Hit Rock Bottom

3. Waste

4. Inevitable

5. Companion of Void

6. Burden Seeker

7. Self-Inflicted

8. Stalemate Asylum

9. A Picture of Putrid Aesthetics

10. Paradox

11. Nexum

Witness: -[*]-
When I first heard this album back in 2018, I was blown away by it but then kind of forgot about this band because of the neverending stream of new releases. Then, a couple of weeks ago DDM promoted their new 2023 release in the chatbox and it made me go back to this album and rediscover just how good this is. Thanks for the reminder brother!

Intruder - Psycho Savant [1991]

Artist: Intruder

Album: Psycho Savant
Year: 1991
Genre: Technical Thrash Metal / Speed Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/4EAvVZrv-As
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Face of Hate
2. Geri's Lament (When)
3. The Enemy Within
4. It's a Good Life
5. Invisible
6. Traitor to the Living
7. Final Word
8. N.G.R.I.

Witness: -[*]-
A "back in the day" favorite of mine from the early '90s. Technical thrash metal from Nashville, Tennessee, that vocally is a bit uneven, but there is some damn fine guitar work on this disc and as a result, this was an album that I played quite a bit back in those days. I am unsure what the current crowd will think of this disc but I like it quite a bit.

Turbid North - The Decline [2023]

Artist: Turbid North

Album: The Decline
Year: 2023
Genre: Technical Progressive Death Metal
Web: https://turbidnorth.bigcartel.com/ / https://www.facebook.com/turbidnorth
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Eternal Dying  

2. The Oppressor  

3. Slaves  

4. Life over Death  

5. Patients  

6. Drown in Agony  

7. The Old Ones  

8. The Road  

9. A Dying Earth  

10. Time

Witness: -[*]-
I first discovered this band back in 2011 with their Orogeny release and I really liked that disc at that moment in time but then in 2015 their next album Eyes Alive didn't connect with me. Fast forward to last week when my oldest friend nuttinface coerced me into listening to this their new release and I am very glad that he did. The style has morphed over the years and I am into it again.

Thanatophobia - Rebirth Through Destruction

Artist: Thanatophobia

Album: Rebirth Through Destruction
Year: 2022
Genre: Technical Brutal Death Metal / Progressive
Web: https://youtu.be/_gvjFQjjkKc
Country: Belarus
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Choris Cum Mortius 

2. Entities Of A Dead Planet 

3. Thanatophobia 

4. Rebirth Through Destruction (ft. Fetal Decay & Manifesting Obscenity) 

5. Return Of The Star Gods

6. Psychosurgery 

7. Dystopia 

8. Black Mass 

9. Devourer Of Worlds 

10. Saturn Portal 

11. Sal, Mercurius Et Sulphur 

Witness: -[*]-
Thanatophobia is a 2-man band from Belarus and with Rebirth Through Destruction they have created a highly diverse album with a lot of different elements at play. It is going to take some time for me to be certain if or how much I like it but I did want to share it here because I do think it is very interesting and I love the album artwork.

Werewolves - From the Cave to the Grave [2022]

Artist: Werewolves

Album: From the Cave to the Grave
Year: 2022
Genre: Technical Black Metal / Death Metal
Web: https://www.facebook.com/werewolvesinhell/ / https://www.deezer.com/us/album/Werewolves
Country: Australia
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Self-Help Book-Burning  

2. We Are Better than You  

3. All the Better to Eat You With  

4. Crushing Heaven's Mandate  

5. Harvest of the Skulls 

6. Oedipus Tyrannus  

7. Nuclear Family Holocaust  

8. Pride and Extreme Prejudice  

9. Watch Your Mouth

Witness: -[*]-
Werewolves have released a new album, their 3rd full length in 3 years' time by this trio and this disc is another banger. These guys seem to be the model of consistency as their brand of technical blackened death metal doesn't get old to my ears. Listen and hear for yourself.

Crawling Chaos - XLIX [2020]

Artist: Crawling Chaos

Album: XLIX
Year: 2020
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Wme0pGJtUUU
Country: Italy
Quality: 192 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. My Golden Age  

2. The Prince Is Here  

3. Block and a Bloody Knife  

4. 49th, or the Law of Desperation  

5. Ishnigarrab, or the Awful Offspring of the Goat  

6. Covered in Debris  

7. Doom of Babylonia

Witness: -[*]-
Stellar new material from Crawling Chaos, this is definitely going to be on my list at the end of the month, the only question is at what position. I have been a fan of these guys since their Repellent Gastronomy release in 2013, but I had no idea they were due for something new until our old friend Bongripper dropped the intel in here last weekend. Many thanks, my brother \m/\m/

Fleshmeadow - Daymares (EP) [2019]

Artist: Fleshmeadow

Album: Daymares
Year: 2019
Genre: Technical Black Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/vVAVzZNb1qY
Country: Norway
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Anti
2. Daymares
3. Visions
4. Visceral

Witness: -[*]-
Fleshmeadow plays a brand of metal that is tagged as technical black metal but I also hear a fair amount of death thrash in these tracks as well.

Malakyte - Human Resonance [2013]

Artist: Malakyte

Album: Human Resonance
Year: 2013
Genre: Thrash Metal
Web: https://malakyte.bandcamp.com/
Country: Australia
Quality: 320 kbps



Tracklist:
1. 7.83
2. Embodiment
3. Inbetween Terminals
4. Zero Hour
5. Warhawk
6. Media Suicide
7. Skeksis
8. Fall to Khaos
9. Flood of Flames
10. Resonance Cascade
11. Monolith

Witness: -[*]-
I've had this rip for a long time and only listened to it a few times way back but while these guys weren't doing anything new or original back then, they were damn good at traditional thrash showing an immense amount of musical ability. There's some excellent guitar and bass interplay on these tracks for sure.

Satiracy - The Chapters of Pestilence: Lost City [2017]

Artist: Satiracy

Album: The Chapters of Pestilence: Lost City
Year: 2017
Genre: Technical Melodic Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/RpNDaLvKCyQ
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Unearth
2. Hellbound
3. Son of a Veteran
4. From Above
5. Ruins
6. Penance
7. Skin Alive
8. The Sacrificial Remains
9. Lost City
10. The Dust Settles Once Again

Witness: -[*]-
This really isn't bad for being labeled as melo-death, they deliver some technically brutal moments on this disc.

Recreated - Beware of the Dead (EP) [2016]

Artist: Recreated

Album: Beware of the Dead
Year: 2016
Genre: Technical Melodic Death Metal
Web: https://www.facebook.com/Recreated/
Country: Sweden
Quality: 192 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Arise
2. Devoured
3. As Vikings Shall We Go
4. The Darkness Within
5. Surpassing All Other Kings
6. Beware of the Dead

Witness: -[*]-
I like this disc even though the production suffers from a bit of distortion. This Gothenburg band has that "it" factor, at least for my melodic side and expectations that is.

Crawling Chaos - Repellent Gastronomy [2013]

Artist: Crawling Chaos  

Album: Repellent Gastronomy
Year: 2013
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://www.facebook.com/crawlingchaosit/
Country: Italy
Quality: 320 Kbps



Tracklist:
1. Rue d'Auseil
2. Blind Fields of the Ancient Evil
3. From the Unsafe Shrines Comet the Abyss
4. Plate XII
5. Encephalitic Cyst
6. Let the Vultures Sing Our Deeds
7. Closing the Gates
8. Premature Burial
9. Visceral Breeding Army
10. Promised Unheaven
11. The Sleep of Inna
12. Manifest of Chaos
13. Glory to My Enemy

Witness: -[*]-
My first exposure to Italian bands was in the form of brutal tech, but when I first heard Crawling Chaos they were tagged as neither brutal or techical but in my opinion, they definitely have some technicality to their style and they create some damn good death metal. This is my own rip \m/\m/

Carrion Vael - Resurrection of the Doomed [2017]

Artist: Carrion Vael

Album: Resurrection of the Doomed
Year: 2017
Genre: Technical Melodic Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/JGAjX74Sxu4
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Resurrection of the Doomed
2.  Putrifix
3. Nasty Betrayer
4. Worm Count
5. Cease to Exist
6. The Bear and the Lady Fair
7. Dissimulation
8. End of Resistance
9. Hell Spawn

Witness: -[*]-
This is a killer disc for fans of melodic tech-death. The band is from Richmond, Indiana and if you like what you hear here, then support them <<< here \m/\m/

Malevolent - Gripping the Grinding of Reality [2016]

Artist: Malevolent

Album: Gripping the Grinding of Reality
Year: 2016
Genre: Technical / Progressive Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/OpVVBfdajOw
Country: United States
Quality: 320 kbps

Tracklist:
1. Anonymous Anatomy
2. Lord Torment
3. The Omnicosmos
4. Cry of the Cambodiak
5. Opprobrium of God
6. Engorged in Skeet Suit
7. Sex Panther
8. The Inner Unraveling of an Ocean
9. He Who Has Not Has Already Had
10. Eternal Internal Torture

Witness: -[*]-
Some killer NorCal Tech, with that San Francisco proggy-ness and Bay Area thrashy-ness that we all crave. Listen & Support \m/\m/

Wait, This Ain't Death Metal, But I Love It!

The band is Barrows, and they're from LA, and even though they are very different, I like this video a lot, but not sure about all of their other music. Listen and support if you like them, which I do.

Turbid North - Orogeny [2011]

Artist: Turbid North

Album: Orogeny
Year: 2011
Genre: Technical Progressive Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/ae2io0PdUFM
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Wolves
2. Rift
3. Bereavement
4. The Hunter
5. Stormblast
6. Between the Glacier and the Sea
7. Kodiak (Part I)
8. Kodiak (Part II)
9. Orogeny
10. Floating the Ionosphere

Witness: -[*]-
I was a big fan of this disc when it came out a few years back, but I haven't listened as much recently. That is unfortunate because it is a good album if you're open to it. They have a new disk which is different, but still very interesting. Check this out if you are not familiar with Turbid North, HQ rip!

The Juliet Massacre - Human Abuse [2015]

Artist: The Juliet Massacre

Album: Human Abuse
Year: 2015
Genre: Progressive Technical Brutal Deathcore
Web: https://www.facebook.com/thejulietmassacre / https://www.instagram.com/Thejulietmassacre
Country: Italy
Quality: 192 Kbps

Tracklist: 

1. Human Abuse
2. Earth Annihilation
3. Choking the Last Breath
4. Drown in the Dust
5. Suffering in a Lake of Solitude
6. The Tragedy of the Guns
7. Beaten & Killed
8. Her Violated Body
9. Freedom of Speech
10. Slam Against the Injustice
11. Gli Anni Di Piombo

Witness: -[*]-
I have always kind of liked TJM, but this disc is a certain step forward for their sound, in my opinion. A lot of brutal bits are thrown in here with a strong dose of the newer Benighted sound, including a vocal appearance by Julien Truchan for good measure. This won't be for all for sure, but some will get the essence and enjoy.